22 letters found
- 017 To Theo van Gogh. London, beginning of January 1874.
- in translation:
... Jalabert, Antigna, Compte-Calix, Rochussen, Meissonier, Zamacois, Madrazo, Ziem, Boudin, Gérôme, F...
- 038 To Theo van Gogh. Paris, Thursday, 15 July 1875.
- in note 9:
...fferson Bingham reproduced numerous works by Meissonier. An overview of them appeared in Burty 1866. ...
- in note 10:
Ernest Meissonier, Le fumeur à la fenêtre (The smoker at the window) and Jeune homme déjeunant (Yo...
- in translation:
Do you have the photos of the Meissoniers in the gallery? Look at them often; he painted men. You may...
- 138 To Theo van Gogh. Etten, Sunday, 30 December 1877.
- in note 6:
Possibly the etching after Meissonier’s The reader; see letter 152, n. 13.
- in translation:
You forgot to take the etching after Meissonier, I’ll send it to you one of these days with the lit...
- 139 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Wednesday, 9 and Thursday, 10 January 1878.
- in note 16:
In letter 38, Van Gogh said of Meissonier: ‘he painted men.’
- in translation:
...ke Parker or T. a Kempis or those painted by Meissonier, and just as one cannot serve two masters, on...
- 152 To Theo van Gogh. Wasmes, on or about Thursday, 19 June 1879.
- in note 13:
Various depictions of readers by Ernest Meissonier are known. Since Van Gogh speaks of an etching, it...
- in translation:
...he first time, I thought of the etching after Meissonier, with which you are familiar, The reader.
- 288 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Sunday, 26 and Monday, 27 November 1882.
- in note 9:
...on to one of the depictions of Napoleon that Meissonier painted, including 1814, The French campaign,...
- in note 5:
Meissonier did several studio scenes in which a painter or draughtsman is seen from behind. Van Gogh ...
- in translation:
...on his fist, and one immediately feels that sense of being absolutely gripped by the book.Meissonier
...d? Isn’t it as vivid as a little general of 93 by Meissonier — about 1 centimetre or so in size?
- 351 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, on or about Thursday, 7 June 1883.
- in note 8:
A photograph after Meissonier’s Le vin du curé (The priest’s wine), 1860 (Reims, Musée des Beau...
- in translation:
...hoto by Bingham after that small painting by Meissonier, the two priests sitting drinking. Perhaps yo...
- 391 To Theo van Gogh. Hoogeveen, Friday, 28 September 1883.
- in translation:
...— in tricorne and breeches — just like a Meissonier figure — followed on the other side — oh,...
- 514 To Anthon van Rappard. Nuenen, on or about Monday, 13 July 1885.
- in note 2:
...owledge’ (Vous avez la science), whereupon Meissonier wrote him a letter, saying: ‘No! I do not h...
- in translation:
...y give to the word technique, and the actual meaning, knowledge. Well then. Meissonier himself says,
- 516 To Anthon van Rappard. Nuenen, on or about Wednesday, 15 July 1885.
- in note 6:
...e for this expression, which originated with Meissonier, the article ‘Meissonier. A propos de l’e...
- 534 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, on or about Saturday, 10 October 1885.
- in translation:
...lly is a masterpiece — do you remember the Meissonier — a sketch — of a deathbed? The Diaz? Wel...
- in note 24:
Ernest Meissonier, The deathbed, 1838 (Lost since January 1972). Ill. 251.
- 535 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, on or about Tuesday, 13 October 1885.
- in note 7:
See for Meissonier’s The deathbed: letter 534, n. 24.
- in translation:
I happened to see a Meissonier (the one at the Fodor) on the same day that I saw old Dutch masters, B...
- 559 To Theo van Gogh. Antwerp, on or about Saturday, 6 February 1886.
- in translation:
...d’oeuvre, the Delacroix exhibition and the Meissonier exhibition. But there will still be plenty of...
- 686 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Sunday, 23 or Monday, 24 September 1888.
- in note 7:
For Jules Ferdinand Jacquemart’s engraving after Meissonier’s The reader, see letter 152, n. 13.
- in translation:
...astly the little etching by Jacquemart after Meissonier, The reader. A Meissonier that I’ve always ...
- 709 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Sunday, 21 October 1888.
- in translation:
...painters, like Delaroche and Delort, are there not also good ones, like E. Delacroix and Meissonier?
- 768 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Friday, 3 May 1889.
- in translation:
...tà and the good Samaritan by Delacroix, and Meissonier’s reader, then two large reed pen drawings....
- in note 23:
For Meissonier’s The reader, engraved by Jacquemart, see letter 686, n. 7.
- 779 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Sunday, 9 June 1889.
- in translation:
...Braquemond, becomes a new work of art – or Meissonier’s little reader when it’s Jacquemart who ...
- 798 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, on or about Monday, 2 September 1889.
- in note 16:
Ernest Meissonier, Pierre-Jules Hetzel, 1879 (Meudon, Musée d’Art et d’Histoire de la Ville de M...
- in note 15:
...irbeau’s article ‘Claude Monet’: ‘M. Meissonier, in his garden at Poissy, scattering flour in...
- in translation:
...vertheless I don’t agree when he says that Meissonier is nothing and that T. Rousseau isn’t much....
- 799 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Thursday, 5 September 1889.
- in note 3:
...au’s article ‘Claude Monet’ and his opinion of Meissonier and Rousseau. See letter 798, n. 15.
- 839 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, on or about Monday, 13 January 1890.
- in note 15:
Various depictions of readers by Meissonier are known; see letter 152, n. 13.
- in translation:
...e have been painters like Millet, Delacroix, Meissonier, who cannot be surpassed. For although we don...
- 853 To Albert Aurier. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Sunday, 9 or Monday, 10 February 1890.
- in note 17:
...s will ever be sold ‘at the price fetched by the little infamies made by Mr Meissonier’ (p. 29).
- in translation:
...e that I do not understand that you spoke of Meissonier’s infamies. It is perhaps from that excelle...
...f you want to do colour you must also know how to draw a fireside or an interior like Meissonier’.
- RM19 To Willemien van Gogh. Auvers-sur-Oise, on or about Wednesday, 21 May 1890.
- in note 6:
...onale des Beaux-Arts, under the direction of Meissonier, showing the work of artists such as Puvis de...
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29 September 1872 and 31 July 1890
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Ernest Meissonier (1815-1891) French artist
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